Oval tattoo ideas

51 photos and flash · 18% Neo-trad, 16% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design showing a kraken's tentacles wrapped around a sailing ship inside a rope-edged oval.
Kraken attacking a sailing ship design
Solid black silhouette of a seated cat inside an ornate baroque oval frame, shown as a flat design with no body placement.
Cat silhouette in an ornate cameo frame
Two hand-drawn interlaced heart designs on white paper, one in teal and black ink and one with teal and heavier black shading, with dot shapes at the top.
Interlaced heart design sketches in teal and black
Black and grey flash sheet showing a scallop shell, a beaded oval frame and a curling acanthus scroll on a kraft paper background.
Shell, oval frame and acanthus scroll designs
Black and grey flash drawing of an ornate anchor combined with a cross, with shaded oval panels and scrollwork, shown without any body placement.
Ornate anchor and cross design
Black and white symmetrical design inside a circle, with stylised creature forms, ovals and a central diamond, shown as a flat drawing rather than a tattoo on skin.
Symmetrical circular black and white design
Black and white line drawing of four hands, two views each, showing geometric and spiral tattoo designs across the back of the hand and the wrist.
Marquesan hand and wrist tattoo designs
Pencil and ink sketch of an ornate oval mirror frame with scrolled borders and hanging drops, shaded with a pale green wash in the centre.
Ornate oval mirror frame design sketch
Black line drawing of a stylised cat sitting inside an ornate oval scrollwork frame, a flash design suited to a tattoo.
Stylised cat in an ornate oval frame